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Number Of Accidents (Estimate): 287
See also: Other years, Other products, Other body parts.
National Electronic Injury Surveillance System Accidents Records
| Date: 11/01/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT PUSHED TO GROUND AT DAYCARE, HIT BACK OF HEAD WHILE WEARING BAR RETT IN HAIR; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 10/05/2002 | Age: 2 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Stairs or steps |
| FELL ON STAIRS, BARETTE CUT HEAD DX. SCALP LAC |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 09/04/2002 | Age: 80 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Inter Organ Injury |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT SUST. HEAD INJURY TRIPPING OVER CURLER AND FALLING |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 08/01/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Hematoma |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT DID BACK FLIP AT HOME HITTING HEAD ON HAIR BEAD; HEAD HEMATOMA, MINIMAL LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/27/2002 | Age: 12 years | Sex: Female | Race: White |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Foreign Body |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins, Football |
| PT WAS PLAYING FOOTBALL WHEN SHE HIT HER HEAD BREAKING A PIECE OF BARETTE OFF INTO HER SCALP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 07/14/2002 | Age: 7 years | Sex: Male | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Dermat Or Conj |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT HAD HAIR IN BRAIDS WITH RUBBER BANDS, SPRAYED HEAD WITH MOISTUR IZER, HAS RASH ON SCALP; DX: PUSTULOR RASH TO SCALP WITH CELLULITIS |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/22/2002 | Age: 6 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Contusion Or Abrasion |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| GOT HAIR DECORATION PUSHED INTO HEAD DX: CONTUSION TO HEAD |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/21/2002 | Age: 14 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| CUT SCALP WHEN FELL ON HAIR CLIP |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 06/06/2002 | Age: 5 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: School | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT HELD BY TEACHER WHO TRIPPS AND DROPPED PT,WHO WAS WEARING RUBBERBAND S AND LARGE ROLLED BALLS,SCALP LACERATION |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 04/19/2002 | Age: 23 months | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PT FEL HIT HEAD ON CONCRETE,BARRETTE CUT INTO SCALP,ALSO RT EYEBROW LAC . |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 02/07/2002 | Age: 36 years | Sex: Female | Race: Other |
| Location: Home | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Burns, Thermal |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| BURNED SCALP 3 DAYS AGO W/CURLING IRON. DX: MILD CELLULITIS TO SCALP. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
| Date: 01/01/2002 | Age: 4 years | Sex: Female | Race: Black/African American |
| Location: Not recorded | Fire: No fire involvement or fire involvement not recorded |
| Body part: Head | Diagnosis: Laceration |
| Product: Hair curlers, curling irons, clips & hairpins |
| PATIENT CUT HEAD WITH HAIR BARRETTE 3 WEEKS AGO, HAVING SCALP BLEE DING; SCALP LAC. |
| Disposition: Treated and released or examined and released without treatment |
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